Battery lifting and carrying device



April 5, 1938. H. c. MOEN 2,112,923

BATTERY LIFTING AND CARRYING DEVICE Filed Sept. 12, 1936 Inventor l /e7mer M061! 7 Attorneys Patented Apr. 5, 1938 v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BATTERY LIFTING AND CARRYING DEVICE Helmet 0. Moen, St. Paul, Minn.

Application September 12, 1936, Serial No. 100,565

3 Claims.

on its handlestrap in the act of lifting and sustaining the weight of a-battery.

To the attainment of the foregoing the invention consists in-the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the drawing accompanying and forming part of this specification:

tuting the preferred embodiment of my invention, said'devicebeing shown in proper relation to a battery ,the outline of which is indicated by dotted lines.

Figure-2 is an enlarged side elevation showing one of the clamps of my device in association with a portion of the handle strap.

" Figure 3 is an inner end elevation of the same.

In Figure 1 a battery i is-represented by dotted lines, said battery being equipped with conventional spaced terminal posts 2.

By reference to Figure 1 .it will be understood that my novel battery lifting and carrying device 40 comprises a handle str'apy3 of leather or other appropriate materiaL'metallic balls 4 on the end portions of the handle strap 3, and connecting clamps 5 coupled to the end portions of the handle strap I through the medium of the bails l. 45 The clamps 5 are similar in construction, and, therefore, a detailed description of the clamp illustrated in Figures 2 to.6 will sufilce to impart a definite understanding of both clamps.

By reference to the figures specifically alluded 50 to, the clamp shown therein will be understood as comprlsing'a body, Figure 4, having a bottom 1 wall'6 with an opening I therein, side walls 8,

preferably 'thoughnct essentially, of the taper 1 form shown and-a transverse rod 9 interposed 55 between and-connecting and bracing the side Figure 1 is a plan view of the device constik walls 8, and spaced above the bottom wall 6.

Said clamp will also be understood as comprising in addition to the body described, a clamping jaw l0, Figure 5, and a lever Ii, Figure 6.

The jaw lqis pivotally connected to the lever ll 5 through the medium of a pin l2, and said lever II is pivotally mounted on a transverse pin l3 carried in the rear upper portion of the body. By particular reference to Figurefi the jaw! will be understood as being in the form of a 10 plate H with an arcuate recess in its outer end and with side flanges l6 terminating in apertured ears I'I through which the pin l2 extends. Figure 2 shows the disposition of the jaw 10 in the clamp body and the interposition of the flanged 15 portion of the jaw between the bottom wall of the body and the beforementioned rod 9. The lever H is of general inverted U-shape, and it is provided in each of its side portions 18 with apertures l9 and 20 and also with an aperture 2|; the apertures l9 and 2| receiving the beforementioned pins l2 and I3, respectively, and the apertures 20 receiving the pin 22. The pin 22 is disposed in the bight of the ball 4 and is connected through the medium of the said bail 4 with the adjacent end portion of the handle strap 3. Manifestly when the device is applied as shown in Figure 1 and the handle strap 3 is moved upwardly as in the lifting of the battery, 1 I

the jaws M will be powerfully moved outwardly 0',

and set against the battery posts 2 so as to powerfully clamp the said battery posts against the outer portions of the walls of the openings 1 in the body, and it will be appreciated that the heavier the battery the more securely will the posts 2 be clamped. It will also be appreciated that the foregoing is true of battery posts of different diameters, and that the device when a battery is set down is susceptible of being expeditiously and easily disengaged from the posts 2. I

While I have specifically described the preferred embodiment of my invention it is to'be understood that in practice such changes ,or f modifications may be made in the construction as fairly fall within the scope of myinventio'n j as claimed. 1 I Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:- 1

1. The herein described battery lifting andcar- '0 rying device comprising a handle strap, bails connected to and having their bights extended be yond the ends of said strap, and clamps at the 'ends'of thehandle strap,*eacl 1-of said clamps made up of a" body with'a-bottom walland "side walls and with an opening inthe outer portion of the bottom-wall'and further with a cross rod extending. between the side walls and spaced above the bottom wnlha Jaw with side flanges and an arcuate recess in its outer end.-interp.osed be-v tween thebottom wallor the-body and said cross rod and having'at its inner end apertured ears, a lever of inverted U-shape' pivotally mounted be-j tween the side wallsoi' the'body and pivotally con-.

nectedgto. the said or the iaw, and a pin carried by said lever and in thebightof theadiaoentbail;

z The combination in a -batteryjlii'ting' and carrying device,,1ot ahand'le strap; and a .post

clamp at-theend ot 'the: strsp'. the .clgmp including a body witha bottom walland side walls, and also withan opening in; the bottom J wall and. aguide portion spaced above the bot tom-wall,1a Jaw slidable between the bottom wall oi the lever to theijaw; 3 H J and guide portion of the body and having a recess in its outer portion, and a U-shaped lever mounted between the side walls oi the body and pivotally connected to the Jaw and also pivotally connected to the handle strap. 7 v 3. A battery lifting and carrying device ot'the" type in which battery pole engaging means are ing essentially a body. with anopening to receive opening, and alever pivotally connected to the; body and also pivotally connected to one, end of the handle strap and to said jaw, the pivotal connection of the lever to the bodybeing at; a

ll, 1 point between thepivotal connection of the lever to the handle 'strapand thepivotal connection-y 

